The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
JEDGE WAXEM ABROAD.
He TAKES OFF HIS HAT TO A PCT
URE OF MRS. CLEVELAND.
Observations on the Capital of Holland.
\ Mighty Poor Palace for an indie
pendent kine-Everyihing High There
Except Patriotism-On the Rhine.

THE HAGUE, Holland. oct lj-Dear
Mr.. Editor-Agin the reeters Of yore
yaluble jurnal finds me in the center Of
the national legislation Of the nation in
which we air sojernin. We have been
sevcrl days gittin here from Frankfurt, in
Germany, whar / wrote last, and hay
been TO a good menny intrestin places in
the meantime
Including Of these is a trip on the Rine,
which believe is the vaddy meoum. er
sinyQuin0n. er somethin Of that sort fer
EVERY American Of wclth. refinement
and soshal postum that visits EurOp and
the continent Ennyhow. that's what
Mandy said when wanted 20 cut acrost
the country and git 10 Holland by q short
rout, and, as ushuls Mandy peryaled
agin my yealdin mater.
And amt sorry that | come that way,
fer thar was a good deel Of enjoyable
vishun along the banks Of that HISTORICAL
and pOetick streem, and mulch 10 reflect
on in The stateman's mind with reference
10 the forms and stiles 81 government
which made all them castels, so orna-
mental 10 modern scenery, very mulch
always heerd of the butiful Rine bur tell
/ seen 30 / had no idee thar war stitch an
amount Of ruined real estate on It's banks,
and ] couldn't help but think them old
mites and sheyaleers must have put more
morUd-es on ther property than the
directors Of q Lew railrode does when they
start business
Before gittcn ont Of Germany we made
q short trip down 10 Stootgart 10 see the
county seat of the kingdom Of Wurtem-
berg, with rOval family and all the
apurtonauces, includin of the ushula tier
ants heel, that is the indispensable ad-
junck - every throne Thar's one pailas
thar called Wilheima. about mile or so
in the sOObcrbs. that I'd rather have than
any ! have yet saw. Ii isa regular little
biioc Of pallas. 90 as Mandy says. and a
statesman could injoy his oats cum digi-
tails in it 90 the highest pint Its only
frame house on the outside, but inside 10
is a giuuine fairy dreem that the poets
write about faint been in use for scyerl
yers, but the people pay for keepin it up
just the same
The putest thing / seen in Stootgart
was picter Of Mrs Cleveland on a sig
geret sine. / seen the picter In a scgar
store windeT, whar / went in, hopin 10
find a chaw Of long green but all in vain
The early eddication sistem Of this coun-
try, as | have befOar remarked, is serious
IL defective But rs ] was sayin seen
this picter II war almost life size. done
mp in cullers ana so forth, and haugn
thar l0okn SO material and unexpected
that ] took of my hat 10 il and made a
bow Taint much of a compliment 10
Mrs. Cleveland, mebbe TO be made a sig
Cerct sine ont Of, but il she knOwed how
much good DO done a wandcrin patriot
-eein her picter away of thar, she'd feel
like "a good Samarating and let the SIG
gcret makers scatter her good looks all
over Europe and the continent.
As ! said hcfoar, j didn't git the chaw
Of long green that my iuermost sole longed
fer, but i forgot all about 10. and the same
perpus was ansered as IL had
IF ! hadn't knowed before hand that
the Hague was the capital Of Holland,
Ide d ln0wed 10 as soon rs / struck the
town. for 10 has the air of place that
makes ITS Irwin out Of politics and 10 re-
minded me a good deal Of Washinton.
Tnars good nanny people around that
amt wOrkn Themselves 20 deth. and are
auaesin completeness out Of IL, and thar
is an inclination APPARENT not % want %
enter thar ho-sis iu "a two forty class ~ hen
ten minute class VIII gt them thar
plenty soon euun fer all practicle per
puscs The king WASH az home. and We
paid fifteen cents. the standin price. 90 see
his palias. which is a nifty poor pallas fer
an independent king but IT. might 10 Ter
some of the inverty brate royalty of the
German confederation The tierant's heel
WIS yisibel though IN the person Of our
landlord, who charged Us thirty cents
American money fer two spOOnsful Of
fried pertaters, and pertaters seilin IN thf
markets 40 less than that fer half bushel.
The name of the hotel was the Toe
Last, 90 and Mandy said She dident see
whar the tiereuts heel could tit on that. but
Mandy aint giyyin up her sallery fer this
trip, and besides one Of Mandy's jokes Is
so seldom that it is purity nigh as thick as
molases that have stood in the bari over
two er three seasons
went To see fhe legislatiy halls, Of
coarse. and found chem in bildn, part
OF which was in the neighborhood Of a.
thousand years old and twict as ugly.
The senate as ushue was better than the
house, and was fixed up purity gOrguus
with pictures, et setry. but the house was
plane and the seelins and walls was
stuckoed white with all Che lite cumin in
from the top which seems 20 be com
mon in every legislative chamber l have
been in. / reckon that is 90 get heavens
own lite strate down. without gettn in
site of the groser elements Of erth The
hall was obiong with the speakers desk
az one end. and the members seats was
covered with green cloth. hidin all the
wood work and maxim the room look like
ID had been dr0ped In green mOurnin.
Thar was benches instId of cheers each
bench acc0mOdatin three members, and
the soets looked more like -oiys
than ANYTHING else. but not COM
Portable enough to sleep on and the
desks was plenty big enough 20 write on.
10 wa, the most peculyer lOOkin chamber
/ had been in, but 10 was away ahead Of
the English house OF commons and away
behind our own areny OF sailerrIed pat-
triots The galleries was the same old
thing. namely, 90 wit everybody provided
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